Asian Latex Conference and India Rubber Summit & Dinner 2015 held
The Asian Latex Conference 2015 and India Rubber Summit & Dinner 2015, which were held between 10 – 12 September 2015, were hosted at the Crowne Plaza, Kochi, by Rubber Asia. The awards in recognition of outstanding contributions to different segments of the rubber industry were presented at a ceremony during the India Rubber Summit and Dinner 2015.
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Apollo Tyres awarded at the Asian CSR Awards 2015
At an award ceremony held recently in Bangkok, Thailand, the Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) announced Apollo Tyres as the winner of the ASIAN CSR Awards 2015 under the Health Enhancement category. Apollo Tyres was chosen as the category winner from 134 entries from 12 Asian countries. Thailand’s former deputy prime minister, M R Pridiyathorn Devakula, presented the award to Sunam Sarkar, president and chief business officer at Apollo Tyres Ltd.
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Bridgestone opens ‘Global Disaster Prevention Center’
Bridgestone Corporation has established a new facility in order to better educate its employees on disasters and how to prevent them. The Global Disaster Prevention Center is located within the Bridgestone G-MEC Building in Tokyo, Japan, and Bridgestone is using it to conduct training to prepare for fire-related emergencies. The centre will be further expanded early in the next fiscal year to include training on natural disasters, and will draw upon lessons learned in Japan’s earthquake of 2011
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CITExpo opens at Everbright for final time, previews move to modern facility
The 2015 edition of the China International Tire Expo opened Wednesday in Shanghai, with around 350 exhibitors – the show’s most ever. The sustained growth represented by these numbers has led to the decision by organiser Reliable International Exhibition Services to transfer CITExpo to the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center (SWEECC), built in the centre of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo site. The show also boasts strong continuity, with around 80 per cent of 2014 exhibitors back in 2015, according to Reliable; in past years the organiser has come to expect a similar proportion of its customers booking their space for the following year during CITExpo.
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Vredestein collaborates with DJ Hardwell Carmen Jordá
Vredestein has announced a collaboration between the tyre brand and DJ Hardwell, twice voted the worlds #1 DJ, together with Carmen Jordá, Spanish racing development driver. The unique track the partnership creates will be inspired by Carmen Jordá’s driving experience and will be based on technical tyre data offered by Vredestein tyres.
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Bernstorff in GP3 Series win at Monza
British driver Emil Bernstorff took a hard-earned win in the Pirelli-supported GP3 Series when it appeared on the Formula One bill at last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza. The Arden International driver scored his third GP3 career victory after starting from fifth on the grid and fighting his way up through the order to pass ART Grand Prix and Mercedes junior driver Esteban Ocon on the penultimate lap in the first race.
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Heuver Tyrewholesale boosts stocks of Aeolus winter tyres
Heuver Tyrewholesale says that many companies normally only think about winter tyres in October. In the past, this would have been too late to guarantee availability. However, Heuver has boosted the number of Aeolus ASW80 (steer axle) and ADW80 (drive axle) winter tyres that it holds in stock. As a result, once customers place an order, they will normally receive their tyres the next day, thanks to ample stocks at Heuver’s distribution centres in the Netherlands, Germany and France.
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Marcotran Signs Pan-European Goodyear FleetFirst Contract
Spanish logistics group Marcotran has signed a FleetFirst agreement with Goodyear for the supply of new and retread tyres as well as trans-European full tyre management. According to the company, the decision to trust Goodyear´s truck tyre management was based on the successful experience with Goodyear fuel-efficient Fuelmax tyres and the comprehensive solutions package including FleetOnlineSolutions (FOS) and eJob of FleetFirst.
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